
Osho followers holding placards stage a protest against the sale proposition of the ashram’s properties situated in Pune outside Dharmaday office in Mumbai.

Several disciples of late spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh wearing ‘sanyas malas’ on Wednesday forced their way into his Pune ashram in Maharashtra in protest against the purported plans by the management to sell the Ashram land. Tension has been brewing between a group of disciples and the OSHO International Foundation (OIF) management which manages the affairs of the Ashram since Tuesday.

Maharashtra: Several disciples of Osho Rajneesh wearing ‘malas’ forcefully enter his Pune ashram

For the last 23 years, followers of Osho were not permitted to wear an Osho mala –  a string of beads with a locket – inside the very ashram established by the godman in Pune. Things changed today when the ashram’s controversial trust submitted to the demands of a group of “rebel” followers.
A similar protest had taken place in January. On March 21, celebrated by Osho’s followers as his “enlightenment day”, the protesters sought police protection to enter the ashram – and permission that they be allowed to wear the mala while doing so. A spokesperson for the ashram told Indian Express, “Everyone is welcome but they will have to follow the rules and regulations of the resort.”

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